Change User Input into the name of a List

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I am making a program right now in python. To make the program efficient I was hoping there is a way to take user input and change it into the name of a list. Basically, like removing the quotes on it.

Like this input = input("What is your name") Let's say your name is Ted. I have a list that is Ted = ["Blah, Blahh] So basically I want to convert the input which would be "Ted", to just be Ted.

If you have to, why not use a dictionary? {'Ted': [Blah, Blahh]} — Ffisegydd, Dec 27 '13 at 21:38

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '13 at 21:40

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You can try a dictionary instead:

dict_1 = {}
name = input("What is your name")
dict_1[name] = ["blah", "blah"]

Read more about dictionaries on Internet. You shouldn't use input as the name of a variable since it is a Python reserved keyword.

answered Dec 27 '13 at 21:40

Christian Tapia

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 27 '13 at 21:40

lists = {
    "Ted": ["Blah", "Blahh"],
    "Joe": ["Foob", "zerx"],
}
name = input("What is your name? ")
if name not in lists:
    print("Don't have a list for that name")
else:
    print("The list is %s" % (lists[name],))

Use raw_input instead of input if you're using Python 2.x.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 28 '13 at 00:27

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I believe this is want you want:

globals()['ted'] = 42
print(ted)

answered Dec 28 '13 at 00:27

uvdn7

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Change User Input into the name of a List

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